Improvement in the ends of church-pews



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n ATE ISRAEL LANCASTER, OF RIUHMON D, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT `IN THE ENDS OF CHURCH-PEWS.

Specitication forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,648,1ated April 215, 1876*; application tiled May 14, 1874.

To all whom it mag/concern:

Be it knownthat I, .ISRAEL LANCASTER, of

i Richmond, in the county of Wayne and State Aof Indiana, have invented certain Improvepew-ends otl strips cut from the roots, conforrning as nearly as possible to the natural curves ments in the Construction of the Ends of Ghurch-Pews, oi' which the following is a specification y This invention relates to certain improvements in the construction ot' the ends of church-pews, benches, and the like, its object being to utilize for such `purpose the root-lumber of various trees, more especially the blackwaln'nt. The lumber obtained from such portions of the tree has a beautifully-knotted grain, and can be worked up in the most handsome manner; but,oWing to the limited size of such lumber, and the irregular form of' the roots from which it is obtained, it has hitherto been found impossible to employ it in the construction of pew-ends, which require lumber of considerable size. My invention is de signed to render such root-lumber available for the construction of' pew-ends; and it consists in building up the body oi' such ends ot' small strips or boards, united at their edges by glue or cement, either with or without a backing'- ot' com mon lumber, as may be desired, and in forming the arms o'r tops of such of the same, and built up into one solid piece and secured to the body, as hereinafter more i fully set forth.

In the drawing, Figure ,1 represents aside elevation' of my improved pew-end. Fig. 2

represents a sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 a sectional view of a modiiication of my invention.

The letter C represents the body of the pewend, constructed of narrow bands or strips c c of root-lumber-such, for instance, as that cut from the roots of black-walnut. Said strips are glued or otherwise secured together at their edges, forminga tlat board of suitable size and shape for the construction of the body C. E represents the ,base of the end piece', secured to the body in any convenient manner; and D, the top piece. Said top piece is-formed of three strips or curved pieces o' root-lumber, cut to conform as nearly as possible to the natural curves ot' the roots, the central piece being of the same thickness yas the body (l, and the outside pieces d d ot' any convenient thickness. The arm thus formed is glued upon the top ofthe body C, or other- Wise secured to the edge of said body, which sets within the recesses formed by the side pieces d d, as shown.

In .Fig-s. 1 and 2 I have vrepresented the sheet or board composed Vof strips and secured to a backing, U. This backing is. not essential, however, and may be omitted, as indicated in Fig. 3, inV which the strips are represented as simply united at their edges, the recess in the arm between the pieces d d being made narrower to t the top of the body 

